ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on one aspect of a possible transition to sustainable personal mobility: that of hydrogen fuel cells as the propulsion system for cars and buses. In the long term, personal mobility needs must be fulfilled in other ways than by the car. A somewhat less radical approach is to shift personal mobility to other modes: walking, cycling and public transport. In the case of car transportation and personal mobility it is clear that there is no consensus at all about a possible final state. Transition management thus amounts to a lot of experimentation and learning about solutions and their acceptability before any move towards a macro-scale solution can take place. Despite this paradox, transition management is an interesting new idea that should be endorsed and monitored carefully. One of the potential bottlenecks in the transition to fuel-cell vehicles is the provision of the fuel.
